Joan S. McClure, MS, is Senior Vice President of Clinical Information and Publications for NCCN. Ms. McClure is responsible for the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (NCCN Guidelines), the NCCN Drugs & Biologics Compendium (NCCN Compendium), NCCN Information Technology, and JNCCN-The Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and serves as an Associate Editor for JNCCN. Updated continuously, the NCCN Guidelines are recognized as the standard for clinical policy in the United States and have served as a model for guidelines programs elsewhere in the world. The ideas and viewpoints expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not necessarily represent any policy, position, or program of the NCCN.